Seed Germination Experiment Worksheet
What you do (Water, air, warmth): 1. Put cotton wool in two bowls; wet one and leave the other dry. 2. Place 10 moong seeds on each. 3. Keep both bowls in the same warm place and keep the wet cotton damp. 4. Count the sprouted seeds every day, and wash your hands.
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- 1.🧺 Do we need a battery cell for sprouting seeds? (a) needed (b) not needed
- 2.True or false: yeast is needed for sprouting seeds. (a) True (b) False
- 3.🌱 Will these sprout: seeds on dry cotton? (a) does not sprout (b) sprouts
- 4.🛟 What should you do after touching soil or seeds? (a) skip washing (b) lick your fingers (c) rub your eyes (d) wash your hands
- 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) air (b) warmth (c) sunlight (d) water
- 6.⚖️ Fair test — do seeds need water to sprout? True or false: the number of seeds is the one thing we change. (a) True (b) False
- 7.True or false: salt is needed for a seed to sprout. (a) True (b) False
- 8.🛟 Some seeds from shops are coated with chemicals. What is the safe rule? (a) eat a few to check (b) feed them to pets (c) throw them at friends (d) never put seeds in mouth
- 9.🧺 Three of these are needed for sprouting seeds. Which one is NOT needed? (a) cotton wool (b) moong seeds (c) a few days (d) a magnet
- 10.🌱 Is water needed for a seed to sprout? (a) needed to sprout (b) not needed to sprout
- 11.🌱 Which of these is needed for a seed to sprout? (a) sugar (b) sunlight (c) water (d) salt
- 12.True or false: sunlight is needed for a seed to sprout. (a) False (b) True
- 13.⚖️ Fair test — do seeds need water to sprout? What do we do with “the kind of seeds”? (a) we measure it (b) we change it (c) we keep it the same
- 14.⚖️ Fair test — do seeds need water to sprout? What do we do with “wet or dry cotton”? (a) we keep it the same (b) we measure it (c) we change it
- 15.🌱 Which of these is not needed for a seed to sprout? (a) water (b) air (c) sugar (d) warmth
- 16.🧺 Three of these are needed for sprouting seeds. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a small bowl (b) moong seeds (c) water (d) a battery cell
- 17.⚖️ Fair test — do seeds need water to sprout? What do we do with “the same place”? (a) we change it (b) we keep it the same (c) we measure it
- 18.🌱 Which of these is not needed for a seed to sprout? (a) air (b) warmth (c) water (d) salt
- 19.📘 What do we call a seed starting to grow? (a) germination (b) evaporation (c) pollination (d) condensation
- 20.🔮 Predict: seeds on wet cotton are kept in the freezer. What happens? (a) they do not sprout (b) they sprout faster (c) they grow fruit (d) they glow
- 21.⚖️ Fair test — do seeds need water to sprout? What do we do with “the number of seeds”? (a) we measure it (b) we change it (c) we keep it the same
- 22.⚖️ Fair test — do seeds need water to sprout? Which of these is kept the same? (a) the same place (b) how many seeds sprout (c) wet or dry cotton
- 23.True or false: water is needed for a seed to sprout. (a) True (b) False
- 24.🧺 Three of these are needed for sprouting seeds. Which one is NOT needed? (a) cotton wool (b) water (c) a mirror (d) a small bowl
- 25.True or false: a battery cell is needed for sprouting seeds. (a) False (b) True
- 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sunlight (b) sugar (c) water (d) soil
- 27.🌱 Will these sprout: wet seeds in the dark? (a) does not sprout (b) sprouts
- 28.True or false: warmth is needed for a seed to sprout. (a) True (b) False
- 29.🌱 Is warmth needed for a seed to sprout? (a) needed to sprout (b) not needed to sprout
- 30.⚖️ Fair test — do seeds need water to sprout? What do we do with “how many seeds sprout”? (a) we change it (b) we measure it (c) we keep it the same
- 31.🧺 Do we need water for sprouting seeds? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 32.🌱 Will these sprout: seeds on wet cotton? (a) sprouts (b) does not sprout
- 33.True or false: salt is not needed for a seed to sprout. (a) False (b) True
- 34.🧺 Three of these are needed for sprouting seeds. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a few days (b) a small bowl (c) cotton wool (d) yeast
- 35.🌱 Is air needed for a seed to sprout? (a) needed to sprout (b) not needed to sprout
- 36.🌱 Will these sprout: boiled seeds? (a) does not sprout (b) sprouts
- 37.🌱 Which of these is not needed for a seed to sprout? (a) air (b) water (c) soil (d) warmth
- 38.🔮 Predict: sprouts grow in the dark for a week. What colour are their leaves? (a) pale yellow (b) bright red (c) dark green (d) blue
- 39.🧺 Do we need a mirror for sprouting seeds? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 40.🌱 Which of these does not sprout? (a) wet seeds by a window (b) wet seeds in the dark (c) seeds on dry cotton (d) seeds on wet cotton
Answer key
- not needed
- False
- does not sprout
- wash your hands
- sunlight
- False
- False
- never put seeds in mouth
- a magnet
- needed to sprout
- water
- False
- we keep it the same
- we change it
- sugar
- a battery cell
- we keep it the same
- salt
- germination
- they do not sprout
- we keep it the same
- the same place
- True
- a mirror
- False
- water
- sprouts
- True
- needed to sprout
- we measure it
- needed
- sprouts
- True
- yeast
- needed to sprout
- does not sprout
- soil
- pale yellow
- not needed
- seeds on dry cotton
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